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Sloe berries

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  • 03-11-2008 1:21pm
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    HwH
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    Anyone know of any sloes / Blackthorne bushies in meath. Cheers


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    europerson
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    HwH wrote: »
    Anyone know of any sloes / Blackthorne bushies in meath. Cheers
    Eh, I think you'll find scores of them anywhere in Meath, no?


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    HwH
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    Well yes but somewhere easily accessible, safe, and i don't particularly want to spend whole days searching! But thanks for your useful reply.


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    europerson
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    Eh, OK... Have you tried your local hedgerow?


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    Bit of a mad thread - not least because I'm on the lookout for blackthorn bushes myself!

    The trouble where I am is that hawthorn seems to be predominant.

    I know that there are a couple of small bushes down by the train tracks in Enfield. However, these are not easily accessible - as a matter of fact I think that you'd be foolish to try to get at them.

    That said, I'd be interested in finding out where these elusive blackthorn bushes are hiding! :)


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    Stroke Politics
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    A sloe tree on the Trim Road coming out of Navan, if I remember correctly. Btwn balreask Village and Silverbrook.

    As we are on the subject of fruit trees, anyone know where there is a Mulberry tree in Meath? They're lovely, finished fruiting now, but would like to track one down for next year to go with my apple tarts.....


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    Was up in Donegal the last couple of days and went out to cut some blackthorn. Only got one half decent stick - not sure how it's going to work out.

    I did however pick about two to three kilos of sloes - perfectly ripe.

    They're now in the possession of my father, who's using them to make sloe gin!


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